Consultancy spend and external recruitment exceptions – October 2014

During **October 2014**, the following exceptions to the consultancy freeze above £20,000 have been considered by the Chief Executive in his capacity as Accounting Officer; and the requests for consultancy below £20,000 have been considered by the Director of Corporate Operations.

| Approval date | Ref: No. & Directorate | Summary of application | Decision | |---------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------| | 01/10/2014 | 22C RSD | HSE construction expert (scaffolding), £2,000 | Approved | | 08/10/2014 | 23C RME | Infrastructure management: rail case studies, £80,000 | Approved | | 10/10/2014 | 24C RME | Understanding the rolling stock costs of TOCs (extension to Ref: 324 RME), £66,324 | Approved | | 17/10/2014 | 13C(2) RPP | Civils adjustment mechanism and asset management assessment (extension to Ref: 13C RPP), £28,600 | Approved | | 21/10/2014 | 25C RME | Primary research on passengers’ views and preferences regarding ticketing retailing, £30,000 | Approved | | 23/10/2014 | 26C RME | Embedded policy support for the Retail Market Review, £20,000 | Approved | | 28/10/2014 | 27C RPP | Passenger satisfaction benchmarking cost, £20,000 | Approved | | 31/10/2014 | 29C RME | Cost analysis think piece, £2,000 | Approved |